¹⁷ Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.

³⁴ Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.^(A)

²⁴ “What do you want with us,^(A) Jesus of Nazareth?^(B) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”^(C)

³⁹ They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.^(A)

³⁷ Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them,^(A) because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”^(A)

⁷ He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,^(A) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?^(B) In God’s name don’t torture me!”

¹⁶ Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us;^(A) you have become too powerful for us.^(B)”

¹⁸ She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin^(A) and kill my son?”